Leaped on them (εφαλομενος επ' αυτους). Second aorist (ingressive) middle participle of εφαλλομα, old verb to spring upon like a p…

Leaped on them. Several such instances are recorded of the extraordinary power and rage of those who were possessed with evil spirits.[Ref…

And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them.—The demoniacal possession brought with it, as in the case of the Gadarene, the pre…

The use of magical names in incantations to exorcise evil spirits was common in the ancient world, and it seems to have been especially prominent a…

The man running upon them. What the devil did through him is attributed to the man. For he would not have been able to do such an act by h…

And the man in whom the evil spirit was
Being agitated by him:

leapt upon them ;